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Sam Vico

George Steve Vico (Sam)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 9, 1923 in San Fernando, CA
High School: San Fernando (Pacoima, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1948
Team: Tigers 1948-1949

Final Game: October 1, 1949
Died: January 14, 1994 in Redondo Beach, CA
Buried: United Serbian Cemetery, East Los Angeles, CA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos
1941	17	DET-min	D,C	62	220	220		67	15	2	6						.305	.305	.464	.768		102					FLT,MKG · KITL,MICH
1942	18	DET-min	B	93	282	282		65	15	1	4						.230	.230	.333	.564		94					WSM · PIED
1946	22	-min	B,AAA	134	519	496	18	147	28	8	12	27	1		18	23	.296	.322	.458	.780		227		1	4		SLM,POR · WINT,PCL
1947	23	-min	AAA	131	519	462	69	142	28	7	9	64	7		40	55	.307	.368	.457	.824		211		4	13		POR · PCL
1948	24	DET	AL	144	584	521	50	139	23	9	8	58	2	2	39	39	.267	.326	.392	.718	88	204	23	7	17		*3
1949	25	DET	AL	67	171	142	15	27	5	2	4	18	0	0	21	17	.190	.311	.338	.649	71	48	4	4	4		3
1950	26	DET-min	AAA	169	622	561	78	155	31	2	18	99	5		50	64	.276	.341	.435	.776		244	0	5	6		SLE,TOL · PCL,AA
1951	27	-min	AAA	123	404	344	48	85	15	1	10	62	0		47	42	.247	.344	.384	.728		132		4	9		SLE · PCL
1952	28	CLE-min	Opn,AAA	109	325	290	34	68	10	0	10	41	3		29	34	.234	.306	.372	.679		108	3	1	5		SLE,INA · PCL,AA
1953	29	-min	Opn	163	660	582	60	152	22	0	11	93	2		64	56	.261	.335	.356	.691		207	12	1	13		SFR · PCL
1954	30	PIT-min	Opn	57	171	146	18	33	6	0	6	24	0		19	17	.226	.319	.390	.710		57	5	1	5	0	HOL,SFR,SAC · PCL
1955	31	PIT-min	Opn	66	191	166	25	47	8	1	8	30	1		18	23	.283	.349	.488	.837		81	3	0	5	2	HOL · PCL
1957	33	PIT-min	Opn	18	19	18	1	5	2	0	0	2	0		0	4	.278	.316	.389	.705		7	0	1	0	0	HOL · PCL
2 Seasons				211	755	663	65	166	28	11	12	76	2	2	60	56	.250	.323	.380	.703	84	252	27	11	21
162 Game Avg.				162	580	509	50	127	21	8	9	58	2	2	46	43	.250	.323	.380	.703	84	193	21	8	16

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1948	24	DET	AL	584	-12	-1	-2	-6	15	-6	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$	*3
1949	25	DET	AL	171	-6	0	1	-2	5	-2	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	3
2 Seasons				755	-18	-1	-1	-8	20	-8	-0.9	-7	-0.7	-0.2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1948	24	DET	AL	584	424	64	4.0	108	.276	.267	.277	.326	.362	.392	.400	.718	.762	88	.438	-11.9	-1.2	.614	.200	.125	3.2
1949	25	DET	AL	171	123	14	3.0	107	.190	.190	.272	.311	.364	.338	.395	.649	.759	71	.319	-6.5	-0.6	.613	.296	.148	.0
2 Seasons				755	547	78	3.8	108	.259	.250	.276	.323	.363	.380	.399	.703	.762	84	.414	-18.4	-1.8	.614	.220	.130	3.4
162 Game Avg.				580	420	60	3.8	108	.259	.250	.276	.323	.363	.380	.399	.703	.762	84	.414	-18.4	-1.8	.614	.220	.130	3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1948	24	DET	AL	584	1.4%	6.7%	6.7%	6.9%	29%	1.00	13.4	65.1	9.0	81%
1949	25	DET	AL	171	2.3%	9.9%	12.3%	6.4%	41%	0.81	8.4	35.5	7.9	71%
2 Seasons				755	1.6%	7.4%	8.0%	6.8%	31%	0.93	11.8	55.3	8.7	79%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.4%	10.2%	6.3%	27%	0.91	9.4	51.8	8.0	77%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	24	144	584	521	50	139	23	9	8	58	2	2	39	39	.267	.326	.392	.718	88	204	23	7	17
1949	25	211	755	663	65	166	28	11	12	76	2	2	60	56	.250	.323	.380	.703	84	252	27	11	21

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	24	151	581	536	48	137	23	9	8	55	2	38	41	.256	.313	.377	.690	62	144
1949	25	70	172	147	14	27	5	2	4	17	0	21	18	.184	.302	.327	.629	14	67
2 Seasons		221	753	683	62	164	28	11	12	72	2	59	59	.240	.311	.366	.677	76	211
162 Game Avg.		162	552	501	45	120	21	8	9	53	1	43	43	.240	.311	.366	.677	56	211

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1948 AL 9 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1948 AL 7 (2nd) 1949 AL 4 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1948 AL 17 (4th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1948 AL 23 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1948 AL 9 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL 7 (2nd)
1949 AL 4 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1948 AL 17 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1948 AL 23 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Batting - 1 (2367), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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